どうせ誰もいはしないと高をくくっていたところもある。
This one's throwing me for a bit of a loop. The translation says "He also didn't really take the possibility of anyone being there seriously."
It makes sense to me except ...

The line 「殺しはせん。」 is said by a character in anime.
What is せん here (I assume it's somehow related to negative form of する)?
Plain negative (I'm not killing you)? Volitional neg. (I'm not intending to ...

I am currently trying to read Bleach in Japanese. So far I haven't ran into any difficulty that a good dictionary cannot overcome. However in this particular scene I am puzzled by a particular scene, ...

I'm an absolute beginner. I've learned Japanese in my spare time for less than two months. This is my first question here. Even though I think this question is potentially trivial, it's perhaps the ...

Just started learning japanese again.
My college offers no class on this so I am learning on my own.
I have been using Rosetta Stone on and off again for awhile now.
One this I have noticed is that ...

During the past month I've been addicted to Japanese. I've listened to about 10 online tutorial video courses and read about as much printed lessons. I am determined to learn Japanese, but I am really ...